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‘Noli timere’
September 6, 2013
Brendan Duddy SJ was going about his chaplain’s work in St Vincent’s Hospital when he noticed a familiar face in one bed: his old friend Seamus Heaney. Brendan spent time...
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Scholarship Class
September 6, 2013
Gerry Foley, Headmaster of Belvedere, reports on an important TV programme: “On Monday 2 September at 9.35 p.m., RTE One is showing a documentary on the Belvedere students who are...
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No Belfast agreement
September 6, 2013
Patsy McGarry of the Irish Times and Fr Tim Bartlett, Advisor to the Irish Bishops Conference went head to head on a debate about the future of the Catholic Church...
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New beginning at the Jes
September 6, 2013
The Connacht Sentinel on 20 August gave two centre pages to a write-up of the new building of Colaiste Iognaid, illustrated with some spectacular photographs. They comment: "The students and...
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Pope Francis at the Gesù
August 23, 2013
The Irish Jesuits had their own observer on the spot when Pope Francis celebrated St Ignatius' Day by offering Mass in the Gesù, under the extraordinary frescoes by Giovanni Battista...
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Jesuit peacemaker is reported murdered
August 23, 2013
This week has seen dramatic and tragic developments in the life of Fr Paolo Dall’Oglio, a 58-year-old Italian Jesuit. A bear of a man who spoke Italian, English, French and...
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Introducing the new Novice Master
August 23, 2013
Since the announcement, on 29 May, that next Easter the joint noviciate will move to Dublin under the direction of Brendan Callaghan, the Irish Jesuits looked forward to meeting the...
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Science helping religion
July 31, 2013
The modern world is plagued by the belief that we can no longer know objective reality, says Jesuit theologian Joseph A. Bracken SJ. In a recent lecture he outlined his...
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Special books for ‘special needs’ children
July 5, 2013
When an American boy scout made up a kit to help his sister with special needs with her first communion, he didn't dream that the Jesuit-run Loyola Press would hear...
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New school in Cambodia
July 5, 2013
Ashley Evans, born and educated in Dublin, has spent most of his priestly life in Cambodia, where he has taught Mathematics and Philosophy at the Royal University of Phnom Penh,...
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